CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 1

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 952

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 952, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS ON PUBLIC WORKS LAW,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate investigations of public contractor violations of wage and hour requirements by:

     (1)  Requiring that the name of the complainant be withheld from the employer unless prior permission to release the name is given by the complainant;

     (2)  Providing for a three year time limit from the time that wages or overtime compensation were due to initiate a claim; and

     (3)  Limiting the scope of the investigation to the three year period preceding the filing of the claim.

Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by removing the provisions that:

     (1)  Provided for a three year time limit from the time that wages or overtime compensation were due to initiate a claim; and

     (2)  Limited the scope of the investigation to the three year period preceding the filing of the claim.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 952, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 952, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair